Stjspendek-buckle



S. S. HARTZHORN. SUSPENDER BUCKLE.

N0. 6,736. Patented Sept 25, 1849.

A for other articles,) which hole, (0,) may be Fig. 3, by means ofrivets or screws, as seen SHELDON S. HABTZHORN, OF NAUGATUCK,CONNECTICUT.

SUSPENDER-BUCKLE.

Specification of Letters Patent No.

T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that I, SHELDON S. HARTZ- HORN,of the town of Naugatuck, in the county of New Haven and State ofConnecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Buckles orFasteners for Suspenders and for other Purposes; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, which make a part of this specification, in whichFigure 1 is a perspective view of the buckle or fasteners complete,showing the spring and the tongues or pins in the position to which thespring will force them when on the suspender or other article. Fig. 2 isa perspective view of the buckle or fastener, also complete, showing thetongues or pins raised up in a convenient position to be insertedthrough the webbing of the suspender. Fig. 3 is a perspective View ofthe plate, or front, of the buckle or fastener. Fig. 4 is a perspectiveview of the spring and tongues or pins separate from the plate.

I make the plate, or front part, of the buckle or fastener (as seen atB, Fig. 3) of steel, casehardened iron, or any other suitable metal, ,ofsuch shape and size as fancy may direct or usefulness may require, withtwo small holes, a and Z), for rivets or screws for holding on thespring, and a hole, 0, near the lower end, by which the buckle orfastener is to be attached to the buttonhole part of the suspender (orthe standing part,-

made of any required shape or size.

I make the spring,-A, Figs. 4, 1, and 2, of steel, or any other suitablemetal, with the two parts at the upper end turned over to form eyes, asseen at (Z and 6, Figs. 1, 2, and 4, to receive and hold the tongues orpins; and with two small holes, a and b, Fig. 4, by which it is to beriveted, screwed, or otherwise fastened to the plate B.

I make the tongues or pins, f and 9, Figs. 1, 2, and 4, of steel wire,or other suitable wire, in one piece, and in the form, substantially, asshown in Figs. 1, 2, and 4, and attach them to the spring by insertingthem through the eyes, (Z and e, as seen in Figs. 1, 2, and 4.

I fasten the lower end of the spring, A, Fig. 4, to the posterior sideof the plate, B

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at a and 6, Figs. 1 and 2, and the buckle or fastener is complete.

To use this buckle or fastener, I raise up the lower ends of the tonguesor pins to a convenient angle with the plate, as seen at f and g, inFig. 2, and then insert them through the webbing of the suspender, orother material, and bring them down to the position seen at f and gin'Fig. 1, where they are firmly held by the force of the spring, A, inconsequence of the bent part, h, of the central part of the wire ofwhich the tongues are made resting on the plate, B, as seen in Fig. 1.

When the buckle or fastener is thus attached to the suspender or otherarticle, the whole of the strain will come on that part of the tonguesor pins which is nearest to the upper end of the spring andsubstantially in a right line with the length of the spring, and willnot have any tendency to raise the tongues or pins from the positionshown in Fig. 1, and therefore a buckle or fastener of the size shown inFig. 1 would possess sufficient strength for almost any part of theharness for a horse.

These buckles or fasteners may be used on all straps, &c., for militaryuniforms and equipments, or for harnesses for horses, as well as forsuspenders; and, in fine, for every purpose for which buckles areusually employed. And they may be made much more ornamental and elegantthan any form of buckle heretofore used, as the front side of the platemay be polished, plated, galvanized, embossed, or finished in any otherway, and may be made in any form and of any kind of metal, as may bedesired; while the spring and tongues or pins will be entirely concealedbehind the plate at all times.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

Constructing a buckle, or fastener, for suspenders, and other purposes,of a front plate, (13,) a spring, (A,) with two eyes, or places, (cl,6,) to hold the tongues, or pins, and the tongues, or pins, (f, 9,) madeof one piece, bent to the shape, substantially, as shown in Figs. 1, 2,and 4, when the whole is arranged, connected, and combined,substantially, as herein described.

SHELDON S. HARTZHORN.

Witnesses:

Jos. G. E. LARNED, HENRY B. HARRISON.

